From Broadway With Love

Broadway producer Van Dean and composer Brett Boles have organized a benefit concert for Newtown, Conn., to show support to the grieving community after last month’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The lineup is made up of Broadway performers and composers.

The concert, dubbed “From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook,” came to be after Dean reached out to friends and colleagues in the Broadway community by posting the idea for the event on Facebook. He received more than 100 responses in two hours, according to USA Today, which notes that both Dean and Boles are from the Newtown area.

“From Broadway with Love” is scheduled Jan. 28 in nearby Waterbury, Conn., at the Palace Theater, which is donating use of the venue. Donations will help cover other expenses.